Reviews - The Last Murder at the End of the World

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The Last Murder at the End of the World

Stuart Turton

3.76 AVERAGE

realm99's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

ayebeesea09's review against another edition

Circular storyline with too many characters, a bland plot, and a dissatisfying ending.

h0neybeanz's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I would have given this book a higher rating, but it had several technical issues. There were a handful of typos and wrongly used words that were missed in editing. I feel like a book needs to have proper spelling and grammar as a bare minimum. The quality of the writing suffered from heavy exposition early on, and in the latter half of the book, the author was so heavy-handed with the mystery that it seemed like he had no faith in the reader to ask questions or be interested in what was going on.

As a story, I found it to be a really fun read. The Last Murder at the End of the World is a really fresh take on the classic murder mystery, and it had me guessing as to who was responsible up until the last few chapters. I think the way the sci-fi elements were added gave the story a unique feel, and having the narrator be a character who interacts with the other characters in the story was a brilliant choice. I wish I could give this book a higher rating, but The Last Murder at the End of the World reads like a last-minute draft that was submitted the day before a deadline, and after reading the author's note at the end, I understand why.

meghan_rasnake's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

binschnnn's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

celiapowell's review against another edition

3.0

An island is surrounded by a deadly fog that covers the rest of the earth. On the island live some villagers, and three elders, and an AI that lives inside their heads. I think it was this set-up that made me pick up this book, and yes, it's an intriguing setting and I think Turton combines it with a murder mystery tale in a satisfying way. But I felt quite detached from the story, probably because the AI which narrates a good deal of the story is detached from the characters, and so I found it hard to care about them and their travails.